Improvement in machines for attaching clasps to skirt-hoops



Y tion oi' the same.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

O. NEUMANN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR ATTACHING CLASPS T0 SKIRT-HOPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,939, dated May 22, 1866.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OEESAR NEUMANN, of the city, county, a-nd State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Waste-Preventing Attachment to Spangling-Machines; and I do hereby declarethat the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereot, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specicatiou, in which- Figure l represents a sectional side elevation of this invention. Fig. 2 is a front eleva- Fig. 3 is a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters ot reference indicate like parts.

This invention consists in the arrangement of a cupshaped guard over or around the channel of a spangling-machine, through which the spa-ngles pass down to the punch or hammer in such a manner that all such spangles which pass out ofthe regular channel ofthe machine, and which generally drop down on the Hoor and are wasted, will be retained by said cupshaped guard, and by these means all waste of spangles is prevented.

A represents my cupshaped guard, which is attached to the channel of an ordinary spangling-machine of that class which are generally used for fastening the wires ot' hoop-skirts to the tapes.

Such machines are composed of' a box containing the spangles. From this box leads a channel down to the punch or hammer, which is so constructed that it admits only one spangle after the other in regular succession, and which also serves to secure said spangles in the proper sp0ts.` The spangles are caused to pass down through said channel from the sup# ply-box by the concussions caused by the hammer striking the spangles on the anvil, and

generally a large surplus of spangles is fed down, so that all those which are not able to pass down into the regular channel run off sidewise, some on the tIoor and some into the surplus channel provided to receive them and to conduct them to a box, from which they can `be brought back into the supply-box of the machine. Those spangles which run ott' on the Hoor are mere waste, and this waste is so important that it is very desirable to prevent it. By the attachment ot1 my cup-shaped guard this object is i'ully attained. Said guard surrounds the regular and the surplus channel of the machine, and all the spangles which do not pass into either of said channels, and which otherwise drop on the door and are wasted, collect in the bottom part of m I guard, whence they roll down through asnitable channel, a, into a cup provided to receive them.

My cup shaped guard is made of tinned sheetiron or any other suitable material, in the form shown in the drawings or in any other convenient t'orm, and it is fastened to the machine by screws, rivets, or any other suitable means, in such a position that it does not interfere with the functions of said machine.

The cost of my guard is a mere trilIe, `and byits use a great saving in span gles is effected.

I do not claim, broadly, an arran gement for conducting the spangles having a faulty pre-Y sentation to an appropriate receptacle, as that is shown in several existing patents; but

W hat I claim is- The cnpshaped receptacle with lian ged ed ges to its comlucting-chule, constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as described and represented.

o. IIEUMANN. Witnesses W. HAUFF, M. M. LIVINGSTON. 

